Category : Switzerland

Marc Bernegger Joins Gentwo Advisory Board

The well-known fintech entrepreneur Marc P. Bernegger is the newest member of GENTWO‘s Advisory Board. As an experienced startup expert and fintech investor, he will support the company’s growth initiatives as well as providing valuable advice...

The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre, the Trust Valley and Autonomous Bubbles

Cybercrime is a growing menace, affecting one in seven people in Switzerland. Reported attacks have risen threefold since the onset of coronavirus. The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre, officially born this month, has its work cut out even with t...

Visa Announces Support for Cryptocurrencies

Visa has indicated its plan to turn its focus onto cryptocurrencies in a blog post titled “Advancing our approach to digital currency”. This push into cryptocurrencies is due to its belief that “digital currencies have the potential...

Uzbekistan’s First Digital Bank TBC Goes Live

Capital Banking Solutions, a provider of integrated banking software, announced that TBC Bank first digital bank in Uzbekistan and the subsidiary of TBC banking group in Georgia goes live with its open platform solution. The first digital bank in Uzb...

Spicehaus Partners Fund: 50 Million CHF for Digital Transformation Startups in Switzerland

The Spicehaus Swiss Venture Fund was launched in 2019 with a target size of CHF 50 million investing in start-ups that drive digital transformation. The latest investments of the Spicehaus Swiss Venture Fund are in the areas of fintech, robotics, and...

Spicehaus Partners Fund: 50 Million CHF for Digital Transformation Startups

Dutch Neobroker BUX Launched Its Investing App in France

BUX launched its zero-commission mobile investing app for its French users, making it the first neobroker of its kind in the market. This will be the third country launch for BUX in 2020, following the launch in Germany and Austria earlier in the yea...

New Blockchain-Based Payment Systems Seek to Improve Cross-Border Trade Transactions

A new partnership between banking consortium Fnality International and software development firm Epam will seek to use blockchain technology to improve efficiency in cross-border trade transactions, enable faster trade settlement and reduce risk, Epa...

Barcelona Stock Exchange Aims to Become a Fintech Hub

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has joined Barcelona Tech City as a Global Partner. The alliance reinforces Barcelona Tech City’s commitment to the fintech sector through BME, which is one of the main financial players in the Spanish and Euro...

Central Bank of France Announces CBDC Partners Including Swiss Seba Bank

The Banque de France has finalised the 8 companies that were selected to test out the use of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for interbank settlements over the next few months. Firms selected by the central bank for the test phase are Accenture,...

Bond180 Completes Strategic Funding Round and Forms Partnership with R3

Bond180, a London based provider of technology solutions for primary fixed income markets, announced the completion of a strategic funding round. The round involved follow-on investment from Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialization arm of the Univ...

Swiss Fintech Fair 2020 Goes Digital

Swiss Fintech Fair, Switzerland’s biggest fintech gathering, will be hosted on September 07-08 in 2020. This year will be all about its new digital approach: Swiss Fintech Fair DIGITAL (#SFFdigital). Due to the overall success of the past years, the...

Vestr Closes Series A Led by Six Group

vestr, a Swiss startup which provides issuers of Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs) fast, flexible, and cost-efficient alternative to investment funds, has closed its Series A led by SIX Group. However, the amount invested has not been shared publi...

Swiss Fintechs Get Creative at Raising Fresh Capital

Fintechs are finding it harder to attract funding this year compared to last. Venture capital fell by more than a third in the first six months of 2020 compared to 2019, with investors preferring medtech, biotech and cleantech projects over financial...

Exclusive: Tradeplus24 Enters Into a Distribution Agreement with Postfinance

Tradeplus24, a leading provider of receivables-backed working capital facilities to Swiss SMEs and Mid Cap companies, has signed a distribution agreement with PostFinance. The agreement gives Tradeplus24 access to the Postfinance’s vast client base i...